Combined card and stencil or type-plate frame.



No. 866,775. PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

W. E. CHOATE.

GOMBINED GARD AND STENGIL 0R TYPE PLATE FRAME.

APPLIUATION FILED Nm3, 190e. y

UNITED sauras PATENT onirica?.

`WILLL/uu n. enormi, 'on Menaces, MAssAoHUsEfrrs.

no. 866,775.l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Applioationiilsd February 3,1906. Serial No. 299,260,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-"I, WILLIAM Ef Cnoa'rn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Melrose, in the countyloi Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Combined- Card `and Stencil or Type-Plate Frames, of which the following description, in connection with the'accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts. L Y

My invention relates to holders for stencils and printing plates, particularly adapted for use injconnection with what are knewn to thetrade as addressing machines. These holders are adapted to hold or retain a 'stencil or typeplate by means of which the address represented thereby can be printed upon any desirable matter, the frames beingadapted to be run consecutively through an addressing machine.

' In addition to a type plate or stencil, as the case may be, some of the holders present use are also provided with a part or section to retain a card adapted to receive, upon its upper face,'memo`randa, annotations, etc., relating to the stencil or type plate, but as at pres ent constructed, the upper face of the card is only available for commercial use, asthe rear face rests upon the Solid back of the holder. Furthermore, in all the holders provided with a type plate, since the plate is not directly readable positively, the card carried by said holder usually has printed upon it the address represented by the type plate to facilitate identication of the plate' or holder when stored away in a drawer or other holder, thus using up a considerable portion of the space that would otherwise be available for the commercial uses to which reference has been made.

My invention aims to provide a combined card and stencil or type plate holder presenting more card surface for commercial uses, and contemplates in combination therewith, the use of a type plate that is read? able positively from its back, avoiding the necessity for having the address corresponding to the type plate,

repeated or printed upon the card, thus leaving the en! tire upper surface free for commercial use; moreover, my frame is provided withI a plurality of longitudinal y slots over or upon lwhich the type plate and the card are respectively positioned, enabling both to be .easilyl read therethrough and presenting the back of the card for making annotations, etc., thereon, or for other com mercial uses. The portion of the holder that receives the type vor printing plate is, of course, equally adapted to receive a stencil plate. y

'..Myinvention aims to improve the holder described and claimed in U. S; patent to S. Elliott, N o. 708,628, September 9, 1902, and especially such other forms, to vwhich reference has been made, as are provided with means for retaining either a stencil and a card, 'or a typle plate and a card, my holder being adapted to retain ings, see Figs.

' spending negativeaddress in relief.

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either a stencil ora type or other printing plate and a card. 4

-The holders are adapted to be moved automatically in addressing machine in either a longitudinal or transverse direction, las desired.

These and other features of my invention will be best understood and appreciated by reference to the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings oi an illustrative embodiment of my invention, while'its scope will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims."

Referring to the drawings, Figure l ,is a plan view of the holder; Fig. 2, a longitudinalsection thereof on line 2-2, Fig. l; Fig.y 3, a transverse section on line 3 3, Fig. l; Figs. 4 and 5, plan views of the stop ends 0i modications; Fig. 6, 'a transverse section oi a modification used upon rotary presses Fig. 7, a longitudinal cross section of the type plate; and, Fig. 8 is a view of the back of the frame shown 'in Fig. l. I

In the particular embodiment of my invention selected for illustration herein and shown in the drawiormed out oi a' single plate and presents a skeleton frame Vprovided with two longitudinal approximately rectangular recesses or slots, l, 2, the lower slot, 1, being adapted to receive either a stencil ora type plate a, as desired, a type plate being shown in the drawing, and the 'upperslot 2, a plain card b, on which memoranda, annotations, etc., are placed to preserve a record relating to said stencil or printing plate. i l

By using a slotted holder (Fig. 7) may be read directly through the slot l from the back' of the holder, the t'ype employed being formed b y a punch and `die of such -forlnthat the characters are sharply deiined or distinctly legible on both sides of the plate, the rear side presenting apositively readable ad-` dress in intaglio, and its opposite or iront side a corre- It a stencil is used, that, of course, can be read from' either side. The slot 2, for the card, leaves the entire surface ofv both sides of the card free and 'accessible for commercial purposes, such as memoranda-annotations, etc. Since the plate or stencil is visible from the back, from which side the negative printing characters appear, of course, posi'- tively and readily legible, the plate or stencil serves every purpose oan address card, lwhence it is not necessary toprint the address or other matter represented by the type on the card, as is common in the holders in commercial use, Where the type plate is invisible -from behind.y Thus, a great saving of memorandaspa'ce is secured, which is a very desirable reaturein commercial holders. l

To provide retaining means for holding the card `and the stencilor type plate, and to protect them from in# while therein, the sides of said holder areiolded l, 2, and 3, my typeholder is stamped or the printing or type plate can Cir

ove lorming flanges 3,; as described in said patent, presenting grooves or channels 4, to receive the outer edges oi the sides of the card and the stencil or the type plate, said flanges 3, in the present instance, however, being curved upwardly and inwardly toward the' plate, and finally parallel thereto, with their ends 5, slightly separated lfroin the lace of the frame. The bends of these [langes form suitable spacing devices, enabling the holders to be removably and insertibly placed in a pile, one over or under another, either endor sidewise, as desired, or to be stored in a rack, drawer, or other holder, or to be used in an addressing machine, without injury to the type face or without defacing the card or stencil, said retaining ends', holding the card and plate within the frame and depressed below the upper aceio the spacing flanges. One end of the holder is bent in the same manner, forming an end flange 6, a similar channel 7, and a depressed end 8, the adjacent edges of the side flanges 3 and 6 and portions 5 and 8, respectively, being cut' away to prevent overlapping. The side flanges do not extend to the opposite end, a rectangular portion adjacent said end being removed in cutting or forming the blank; the edges being bent up at this pon tion of the holder, or provided with an upturned flange 9, to strengthen it. The opposite end ofthe holder has a flange l0, bent transversely tothe face thereof, and then inwardly parallel thereto, one half o its length bel ing finally bent down at right angles thereto, inclosing a rectangular space a, said end portion forming a spring or yielding stop l1, to bear against the end of the stencil or type plate and hold its edges in place within the channels 4, 7 (Fig. 2), and preventing it from movement therein. The other haliioi this inturned4 flange is cut away at 12, to form .on edge or channel 'groove similar to that of the sides o the holder to iailitate insertion and retention of the other end of the card. The outer end oi this cut away portion (Fig. l) abuts the adjacent upturned edge 9, oi the flange 3. For receiving and holding the inner edges oi said card o'r plate, the intermediate portion, constituting a band or rib of the holder and which is either integral or secured thereto, is. provided with a series of oppositely turned angular clips-16, 17, formed by cutting into said rib 15 and folding the tongues thus formed back over the rib.v The several clips are o approximately the same size and are alined so that each'forms a suitable inner edge guide and holder for its card or plate.

That the holders may be suitably indexed, some of the cards b, are provided with one or more index tongues 18, the holder flanges 3 for the' card having one or more slots 19, somewhat larger than said projecting tongue i8 (see Fig. 1) of said card, to permit its insertion and sliding the card into place, so that the end ol' the card rests against the bottom of the end channel 7, its other end being retained by the flange 10. These slots .19, may, oi course, be cut wherever' desired, so'

that the usual lorm ot' index cards may loe-used.

' The slots 1E) ot' the combined spacing and retaining Ilan 3 or 5, which are cut at predetermined positions, and the projecting tongues 18 of the cards b that fit in said slots, constitute suitable means by which the holders may automatically be sorted out or distributed when run through the addressing machine in which they are used, the holders having tongues at one portion being sent to one destination, while the Others are card overlies4 the` upper differently distributed. .By this means, my holder is provided with what l term expiration features, since the holders are sorted out according to the time of the expiration of the magazine or' other periodical that is addressed by the type plate upon the holder in the usual manner, though obviously these features may be v utilized for other sorting or distributing purposes, or for duplicating, triplicating, etc. the addressing.

In inserting the card, it is, when of the index type, buckled so that its sides can be positioned under the clips 16 and flanges 3; the ordinary card, however,

is inserted in the end having the flange 10, by sliding the sides and end under the clips 16 and the flanges 3 and 6, respectively, until the end rests in the bottom ofthe channel 7. In this'position the outer end of the face of said flange 10, and is placed beneath it or within the retaining groove formed thereby by buckling the said end transversely.

In the modification shown by Fig. 4, the adjacent corners of the cut away portion l2 and the upturned l edge 9 of the end andv side flanges 3 and 10, respectively,

are provided with notches and 21, respectively, to facilitate positioning the adjacent end of the card beneath the flange 10 by the aid of a tucking tool supplied with these holders.

The construction shown by Fig. 5 shows the lend retaining device or flange 10 turned down to providea stop 11 extending clear across the end, said flange being irst bent inwardly and then transversely toward the frame in the same manner as plate stop 11, referred to, and as best shown in Fig. 2.

The modification represented by Fig. 6 shows my improved holder curved to adapt it for use on the ro tary printing presses used in addressing machines.

In Fig. 7, the type-are represented as showing each letter c in cameo or relief upon the upper face of the plate and in intaglio upon the bottom, as at c.

By the construction herein set forth a frame is provided that-ulfils all the commercial requirements of the trade, exposing both faces of the ard for use, as described, and enabling the address plate to be read at once, when in place on the machine, so thatthe operator can see what address is about to be or has been printed. This construction also prevents the positively readable intaglio address of the printing plate from becoming inked or soiled, since it is onthe reverse 'side to that which is inked inthe printing operation, so that the holder and its type plate together constitute an impe'rforate printing device, presenting an interchangeable printing portion hav'ing a clear, clean and positively readable address.

When contained within a storage holder or tray the frames can be easily run over in the same manner as hitherto, thil legible plates serving all the purposes of a card with the address printed thereon, since it can be read through the slotted vi'rarne, as described.

AThe construction of the holder is such that the stencil plate may also be mounted over the slot 2, when the card will be placed over the slot 1 and the holder inverted. When an index card is used, its projecting Ytongue will then engage a tongue slot 19 of the lower flange 3, which will become the top upon inverting the holder. v

i. As a new article of manufacture, a card and printing plate holder, comprising a skeleton frame having a pair hanging ilanges on the said sides and ends forming card plate holder, comprising a skeletonl frame having a pair l Ataining devlces. i

vretaining deviceK having a stop formed by bending the edge of `the holder inwardly and transversely to the frame.

of longitudinal slots of substantially equal length and retaini'ng devices at the sides and ends of said slots for se curely holding a card and a' printing plate thereon, for the. purpose described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a card land printing of longitudinal slots of substantially equal length and retaining devices at the sides and ends of said slots for sccurely holding a card and a printing plate thereon, one or said devices having a plate stop to hold .the plate in fixed position to prevent longitudinal movement thereon.

3. A card and type or stencil plate holder comprising a skeleton frame provided with a plurality of longitudinal slots having retaining devices at the sides andl ends of said slots for securely holding a card and a type or stencil plate and to present both .sides of said card for commercial purposes, said card having an index tongue, and one of said retaining devices having one or more edge kslots to receive said index tongue. v y' 4. 'A combined card and type or st'encilplate holder comprising a skeleton frame having a pluralityof long-r tudinal slots and anA intermediate rib, edge retaining del vices on 'the holder for the outer edges of the card andv the type or stencil plate adapted to be arranged thereon, and retaining devices arranged on said-rib for the 'inner edge of said card and plate, one of said outer retaining'l devices having a stop adapted'to hold a plate in said re- 5. A combined card and type or stencil plate holder comprising a skeleton frame having sides and ends pre senting a plurality of longitudinal openings,.and 0verandv plate retaining devices, the ange of one of the end pieces having a stop portion for the endofl a type or stencil plate. l f l 6. A combined card and type or stencil plate holder comprising a skeleton frame having sides and ends. presenting a 'plurality Yof longitudinal openings, and overhanging fiangeson the said sides and 'ends forming card and plate retaining devices, one of the end angcs having a stop for holding a stencil or type'plate in its retaining devices, and a portion of less Width adapted to facilitate in? scrtion of a card in its retaining devices.

7. In'a combined card and type or stencil plate holder, an end retaining device comprising a flange extending first inwardly to form a. channel and having one part. adjacent one side of the frame extended towards said frame'to ,con stitute a stop adapted to receive the ends of a card and a printing plate respectively. *Y l 8. In a combined card and type or stencil plate holder, a

9. A new article ot' manufacture, comprising acard and type plate holder provided with longitudinal slots; retainplatesecurely held by said devices, and means for holding ing devices at the sides and ends of one ofsaid slots, a type :1 card upon the other of said slots, said typey plate having cameo-intaglio type form presenting 'at itsrear side, and visible through said slot, a positively ,readable address inlntaglio and at its opposite side, a corresponding negative. address -in'relief.

A10. A combined card and type or stencil plate holderA comprising a skeleton frame having sides and ends pre-` senting a plurality of longitudinal openings, over-hanging flanges 'on .the said sides and ends forming card and plate retaining devices, one -of the end flanges having a stop for holding a stencil or type plate in. its retaining devices, anda portion' of less width notched at one corner adapted. to facilitate insertion of'a card in its retaining devices. A

1.1. In a combined card and typeor stencil plate'holder,

an end retaining device having a stop and a channel adapted to receive the ends of a printing plate and a card respectively, said -channel being formedvby an inturnell flange to facilitate insertion of the edge ofa card therein and said stop by an inturned portion oi. said flange.

12. In a combined card and type or stencil plate holder an end retaining device having a stop and a chahnei 'adapted to receive the ends of a printing plate 'and a card respectively, said channel being formed by an inturned flange having a notch at one end to facilitate insertion of the edge' of a card therein. A

11i. A card or plate holder having ove'rhanging flanges bent inwardly, then toward, and iinallyparallel to said holder adapted to hold a card or plate thereon ldepressed below the upper flange faces of said holder.

14. A combined card and plate holder comprising a curved skeleton frame 'provided with longitudinal slots 1. retaining devices 5, and a stop 11, substantially as shown and described. Y

l5. A holder having a slot and card retaining devices the latter being provided with one or more edge' slots to receive an index tongue or tongues of a card, adapted tobe held in said holder by suidvretaining devices, in conxbt nation with said card, said holder presenting both sides of said card tor commercial uses substantially as shown and described.l

16.' A combined card-and type or stencil plate holder having askeleton frame constructed and arranged -to re- Vceive a card and a type or stencil plate, and provided at one end with au inwardly extending-hangs, one portion of which extends inwardtransversely to the plane o f said frame to constitute a stop for said plate .to prevent longi` tudinal displacement thereof, substantially as shown and descrihed.` a

17. A combined card and stencilor'type plate'holder provided with wa longitudinal slot and retaining means forV holding a tongued card thereon having provision for receiving the tongue of said card and presenting both sidesof' said card for commercial purposes.

18. In a combinedcardl and stencil or type plate holder, the combination of a card having a projecting tongue and card retaining anges on said holder having means to'r'eceive said projecting tongue. l

19. As a new article of manufacture, a printing devifvkl comprising a card .and type plate holder presentingl slot.; with holding means at. the sides and ends of said slots to 'securelyretain a card and a directly ,readable typ'eplate thereon, and visible adjacent their respective slots from both sides of said holder, the whole presenting an imperforate device having an interchangeable printing portion otter-ing areliable and direct` reading of the characters oi' its printing plate protected from theinked surface of the plate. A

20.As"a newV article ot' manufacture, a combined card and type or stencil plateholder having a` card provided with a projecting tongue and a type or stencil plate-arranged thereon and devices on said holder toretain said 'card and plate, one or 'moreof said retaining devices yhaving means toreceivethe projecting tongue ofl said card.

.21. A printing frame ofthe typedescribledi provided with holding means adjacent the edges of said .fil-ame, af

device retained on'v said frame by said means, provided with ajprojectlng tongue, said holding mean-s having 'prov4 vision, tofrceive the projecting tongue ofsaid device.

,In testimony whereof, I have signed my name tothis specidcation, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

l .WILLIAM E, CHOATE.

Witnesses:

W. C. NIcKnnsoN, L. D. BAKER, Jr. 

